Gold Star

Families' Marker

Dedication Ceremony

April 5, 2025 

The Columbus Georgia Council of Garden Clubs, Inc, in Cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation and The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. dedicated a Marker at the Georgia Visitor Information Center, 1751 Williams Road, Columbus, Georgia!

The Dedication Date for this Marker was chosen for

5 April which is also "Gold Star Spouses Day!"

Prior to the Dedication the Marker is Covered so that it could be unveiled with proper Ceremony during the Dedication!

Because this Marker at a Georgia Visitor Information Center an information and a Welcome Sign was placed for all to see who were traveling through.

Prior to the Dedication the waiting Boy Scouts were photographed!

Attendees at the Dedication and also a Photograph of the Coordinator at the Visitor's Center.

Ms. LaTivia Rivers

shown waving!!

Jim Clute, GDOT shown with the President-Elect

Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Diane Hunter and Janice Thiese,

Georgia Gold Star and Blue Star Marker Chairman

Unfortunately the Blog Posting

System placed the Photographs 

in inverse order!!!

The Benediction by Carolyn Hartley Culpepper.

Comments by a Gold Star Family Member!

Comments by a Gold Star Family Member!

Comments by a Gold Star Family Member!

Gold Star Family Members shown

with the Marker!!

Jim Clute, Georgia Department of

Transportation accepts the Marker.

The Unveiling!!

Presentation of Sponsor Certificates 

by Janice Thiese,

 Gold Star and Blue Star Marker

Chairman, Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

Kay Hagler, District Director

Magnolia District

Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

Nilsa Summey

Fourth Vice President

Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

Dedication Speaker

The Honorable B.H. "Skip"

Henderson

Mayor of Columbus, Georgia

Presentation of the Colors

Chattahoochee Council

Scouting America

Invocation by

Carolyn Hartley

Magnolia District Chaplain.

Welcome by

Loraine Lester

Gold Star Marker Chairman

Columbus Council of 

Garden Clubs, Inc.

Welcome by

Barbara Stewart

President

Columbus Council of

Garden Club, Inc.

Refreshments by the Winchester Garden Club!!

 Pine Ridge

Garden Club

Macon, Georgia

Community on My Mind

Project

February 24, 2025 the Pine Ridge Garden Club completed a Community Project at Fort Hawkins which is the Birthplace of Macon, Georgia.  The Club received a Grant from the Garden Club of Georgia "Community on My Mind" and a Donation from the Thornwood Garden Club of Macon.

Club Members and Spouses completed the project which beautified the Sign for Fort Hawkins.

The following pictures show the Project as it was performed!

The Staff from the Macon-Bibb County

Parks and Beatification Department

prepared the planting area.  The

above picture is a before scene!

Then the Garden Club 

went to work!!!

The Completed Project!!!

The Garden Club Workers

along with Two Members of

the Fort Hawkins Commission.

Members of the Pine Ridge Garden

Club also took the opportunity to

clean up the side street near

the Fort Hawkins Visitor Center!!

The area between the Entrance

and the Exit to the 

Fort Hawkins 

Visitor Center also 

was cleaned up!!!

A Special Thank You

to the Parks and

Beautification

Department of

Macon-Bibb!!!!